Photograph of Peace Keeper Justin MacCarthy - from the Association of Retired Commissioned Officers.
|
Eileen and Edward in 1917
|
MacCarthy family of Ardnabel
John George MacCarthy married Maria Josephine Hanrahan
born 29 Jun 1829 17 Nov 1859 born circa 1837
South Main Steet, Cork Cork Co Cork
died 7 Sep 1892 14 Mar 1921
England Dublin
John George MacCarthy eldest son born 29 Jun 1829 son of John McCarthy and Jane O’Driscoll.
He was admitted Kings Inns in 1848. He was an alderman and married Maria O’Hanrahan on
17 Nov 1859 at St Patrick’s Church, Cork. Maria was the eldest daughter of John Hanrahan a
merchant of Mount Prospect, Cork formerly of Tralee. In 1849 he helped found the Cork
Historical Society and in 1852 he was a founder member of the Cork Young Men's Society. He
resigned the office of alderman in 1861. He was a partner in the firm of MacCarthy & Hanrahan
with his brother in law John A Hanrahan of 69 and later 70 South Mall. He was an Irish Home
Rule politician and elected MP for Mallow in 1874. He purchased the Athenaeum building for
£700 and after refurbishing it, he sold it to the Cork Theatre and Opera House Company for 10k
in 1877 and was elected chairman of the company. He was a member of the Society of St
Vincent de Paul and was made a Knight of St Gregory in 1880. He was appointed assistant land
commissioner in 1882 and was one of two land commissioners appointed in 1885. He was the
author of the number of works and legal pamphlets including ‘Henry Grattan, a Historical Study’,
Dublin, 1886. They were living at 19 Ailesbury Road by 1890 and here Marie organised concerts
and plays in aid of various charities including Jervis Street Hospital. John George died
7 Sep 1892 at the Euston Hotel, London on the return trip from Hamburg where he been for
the benefit of his health. He is buried at Glasnevin. The family then moved to Rathlin on Eglinton
Road. Marie died on 14 Mar 1921 at 39 Eglinton Road, Dublin and is buried at Glasnevin.
1 Mary Jane (May) MacCarthy only daughter born 8 May 1862 at Harbour View, Cork. She
married Surgeon Captain John Michael Nicolls on 31 Jan 1895 at Donnybrook Church.
John attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the RAMC. May died 28 Nov 1915 at
Charlemont Terrace, Cork.
1 Cecil George Jasper (Jasper) Nicolls only son born 21 Feb 1898 at Eglinton Road
educated at Clongowes and Trinity College. He was a second lieutenant Flight
officer in the Royal Irish Fusiliers and was reported seriously wounded in 1917.
He served again as a squadron leader, medical division during WWII.
2 John George MacCarthy born 22 Jul 1863 at Harbour View, St Luke’s, Cork died
26 May 1867.
3 Aloysius Justin (Justin) MacCarthy born 10 Jan 1865 at Harbour View, Cork. He was living
at Eglinton Road and married Marie Josephine Smith on 6 Aug 1896 at the church of St
Gall, Milltown. Marie was living at St Ruths, Palmerston Park and was the daughter of
Patrick J Smith, a merchant. He was a solicitor with a practice at 19 Merrion Street and they
were living on the Killarney Road, Bray from 1911 to 1914, Ardnabel, Roebuck and 13
Carlisle Mansions, Westminster in 1917, Greystones from 1922 to 1925. In 1926 the 30
bedroom mansion on 143 acres called Oakley Park in Celbridge was for sale and was
purchased by Justin with a mortgage from the Munster and Leinster Bank. Justin retired in
1929 and died at Kildrought, Celbridge on 8 Dec 1933. It appears that the M & L bank
repossessed Oakley Park as the mortgage of 6K plus 2k in interest was outstanding. They
accepted an offer of £1280 for the property in 1935.
1 Eileen Jane Josephine MacCarthy born 8 Jul 1897 at Ardeevin Terrace, Dalkey. As only
daughter she married Captain Edward Bernard Burke on 2 Jun 1917 at Westminster
Cathedral. Edward was with the King’s Own Regiment, commandant of the Eastern
Command School of Signalling and the only surviving son of the late Edward Plunkett
Burke of the King’s Own Regiment of The Cottage, Lichfield, Staffordshire. Edward
was also the nephew of Sir Farnham Burke, Garter-Principal King of Arms, and the
grandson of Sir Bernard Burke, CB, Ulster, King of Arms. They had four children, and
were living in Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1939.
2 Justin G P J MacCarthy only son born June 1914 in Middlesex was educated at
Clongowes in Kildare and Beaumont Jesuit in Old Windsor. He was with the Army
Cadet Corps based in the Curragh in 1933 and was commissioned in 1934 and worked
as an instructor and later a staff officer. He married Eileen C Mason in 1950 in
Kensington, London. He was heading up the Plans and Operations Section of Defence
Forces Headquarters when Ireland agreed to deploy officers to the UN Observation
Team. He was deployed to the Lebanon in 1958. Within five weeks of his arrival, he
was recommended for promotion to full colonel and appointed Deputy Chief of Staff.
He was later chair of the Egypt-Israel Armistice Commission in Jerusalem. When the
Congo mutiny erupted, he was deployed there as Chief of Staff to Major General Carl
Van Horn. He died in Leopoldville, Congo on 27 Oct 1960 in a car accident and was
buried in the Congo plot at Glasnevin. In 1967 he was posthumously awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his contribution to establishing ONUC
HQ and is remembered as Ireland’s First United Nations Peacekeeper. His portrait
hangs in the UN Training School in The Curragh.
4 John Henry MacCarthy born circa 1868 in Cork. He was a barrister living with his mother
at Eglinton Road in 1901. By 1911 he was working for the Land Commission. He died
unmarried at the Tivoli Nursing Home in Dun Laoghaire on 15 May 1944 and is buried at
Glasnevin.
5 Florence Francis MacCarthy youngest son born circa 1871. He was living at Eglinton Road
and sworn in a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1896 having served his time with his
brother Justin. He married Monica (Mona) Morrissey on 20 Sep 1911 at Waterford
Cathedral. Mona was the only child of Thomas P Morrissy of Clonmel. He was a partner
in Hanrahan & Co of 70 South Mall. He was in the Cassel psychiatric Hospital, Kent in 1921.
He retired in 1933 and died 13 Mar 1939 at Northampton and is buried at Glasnevin.
Mona died 18 Aug 1953 at St Michael Hospital, Dun Laoghaire late of Glenageary and is
buried at Deansgrange.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - November 2025
Return to Ardnabel page
John George MacCarthy married Maria Josephine Hanrahan
born 29 Jun 1829 17 Nov 1859 born circa 1837
South Main Steet, Cork Cork Co Cork
died 7 Sep 1892 14 Mar 1921
England Dublin
John George MacCarthy eldest son born 29 Jun 1829 son of John McCarthy and Jane O’Driscoll.
He was admitted Kings Inns in 1848. He was an alderman and married Maria O’Hanrahan on
17 Nov 1859 at St Patrick’s Church, Cork. Maria was the eldest daughter of John Hanrahan a
merchant of Mount Prospect, Cork formerly of Tralee. In 1849 he helped found the Cork
Historical Society and in 1852 he was a founder member of the Cork Young Men's Society. He
resigned the office of alderman in 1861. He was a partner in the firm of MacCarthy & Hanrahan
with his brother in law John A Hanrahan of 69 and later 70 South Mall. He was an Irish Home
Rule politician and elected MP for Mallow in 1874. He purchased the Athenaeum building for
£700 and after refurbishing it, he sold it to the Cork Theatre and Opera House Company for 10k
in 1877 and was elected chairman of the company. He was a member of the Society of St
Vincent de Paul and was made a Knight of St Gregory in 1880. He was appointed assistant land
commissioner in 1882 and was one of two land commissioners appointed in 1885. He was the
author of the number of works and legal pamphlets including ‘Henry Grattan, a Historical Study’,
Dublin, 1886. They were living at 19 Ailesbury Road by 1890 and here Marie organised concerts
and plays in aid of various charities including Jervis Street Hospital. John George died
7 Sep 1892 at the Euston Hotel, London on the return trip from Hamburg where he been for
the benefit of his health. He is buried at Glasnevin. The family then moved to Rathlin on Eglinton
Road. Marie died on 14 Mar 1921 at 39 Eglinton Road, Dublin and is buried at Glasnevin.
1 Mary Jane (May) MacCarthy only daughter born 8 May 1862 at Harbour View, Cork. She
married Surgeon Captain John Michael Nicolls on 31 Jan 1895 at Donnybrook Church.
John attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the RAMC. May died 28 Nov 1915 at
Charlemont Terrace, Cork.
1 Cecil George Jasper (Jasper) Nicolls only son born 21 Feb 1898 at Eglinton Road
educated at Clongowes and Trinity College. He was a second lieutenant Flight
officer in the Royal Irish Fusiliers and was reported seriously wounded in 1917.
He served again as a squadron leader, medical division during WWII.
2 John George MacCarthy born 22 Jul 1863 at Harbour View, St Luke’s, Cork died
26 May 1867.
3 Aloysius Justin (Justin) MacCarthy born 10 Jan 1865 at Harbour View, Cork. He was living
at Eglinton Road and married Marie Josephine Smith on 6 Aug 1896 at the church of St
Gall, Milltown. Marie was living at St Ruths, Palmerston Park and was the daughter of
Patrick J Smith, a merchant. He was a solicitor with a practice at 19 Merrion Street and they
were living on the Killarney Road, Bray from 1911 to 1914, Ardnabel, Roebuck and 13
Carlisle Mansions, Westminster in 1917, Greystones from 1922 to 1925. In 1926 the 30
bedroom mansion on 143 acres called Oakley Park in Celbridge was for sale and was
purchased by Justin with a mortgage from the Munster and Leinster Bank. Justin retired in
1929 and died at Kildrought, Celbridge on 8 Dec 1933. It appears that the M & L bank
repossessed Oakley Park as the mortgage of 6K plus 2k in interest was outstanding. They
accepted an offer of £1280 for the property in 1935.
1 Eileen Jane Josephine MacCarthy born 8 Jul 1897 at Ardeevin Terrace, Dalkey. As only
daughter she married Captain Edward Bernard Burke on 2 Jun 1917 at Westminster
Cathedral. Edward was with the King’s Own Regiment, commandant of the Eastern
Command School of Signalling and the only surviving son of the late Edward Plunkett
Burke of the King’s Own Regiment of The Cottage, Lichfield, Staffordshire. Edward
was also the nephew of Sir Farnham Burke, Garter-Principal King of Arms, and the
grandson of Sir Bernard Burke, CB, Ulster, King of Arms. They had four children, and
were living in Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1939.
2 Justin G P J MacCarthy only son born June 1914 in Middlesex was educated at
Clongowes in Kildare and Beaumont Jesuit in Old Windsor. He was with the Army
Cadet Corps based in the Curragh in 1933 and was commissioned in 1934 and worked
as an instructor and later a staff officer. He married Eileen C Mason in 1950 in
Kensington, London. He was heading up the Plans and Operations Section of Defence
Forces Headquarters when Ireland agreed to deploy officers to the UN Observation
Team. He was deployed to the Lebanon in 1958. Within five weeks of his arrival, he
was recommended for promotion to full colonel and appointed Deputy Chief of Staff.
He was later chair of the Egypt-Israel Armistice Commission in Jerusalem. When the
Congo mutiny erupted, he was deployed there as Chief of Staff to Major General Carl
Van Horn. He died in Leopoldville, Congo on 27 Oct 1960 in a car accident and was
buried in the Congo plot at Glasnevin. In 1967 he was posthumously awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his contribution to establishing ONUC
HQ and is remembered as Ireland’s First United Nations Peacekeeper. His portrait
hangs in the UN Training School in The Curragh.
4 John Henry MacCarthy born circa 1868 in Cork. He was a barrister living with his mother
at Eglinton Road in 1901. By 1911 he was working for the Land Commission. He died
unmarried at the Tivoli Nursing Home in Dun Laoghaire on 15 May 1944 and is buried at
Glasnevin.
5 Florence Francis MacCarthy youngest son born circa 1871. He was living at Eglinton Road
and sworn in a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1896 having served his time with his
brother Justin. He married Monica (Mona) Morrissey on 20 Sep 1911 at Waterford
Cathedral. Mona was the only child of Thomas P Morrissy of Clonmel. He was a partner
in Hanrahan & Co of 70 South Mall. He was in the Cassel psychiatric Hospital, Kent in 1921.
He retired in 1933 and died 13 Mar 1939 at Northampton and is buried at Glasnevin.
Mona died 18 Aug 1953 at St Michael Hospital, Dun Laoghaire late of Glenageary and is
buried at Deansgrange.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - November 2025
Return to Ardnabel page